Hose-supporter.



No. 725;565. PATENTED APR, '14, 1903. B. N. HUMPHREY. HOSE SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION IILED J'AN. 23, 1903:

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Rs cov Pnorouma. WASHINGTON a c ERNEST N. HUMPHREY, OF NEW BRITAIN,CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO ATENT OFFICE.

THE TRAUT 8t HINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT. I

HO'SE-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 725,565, dated April1&, 1903.

Application filed January 23 I 1903 To aZZ whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, ERNEST N. HUMPHREY, a citizen of the United States,residing in New: Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHose-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hose-supporters of the class wherein a bandencircles the calf of the wearer and sustains a hose-gripper; and itsobject is to improve the construction of the hose-supporter,particularly with a view to avoiding the fraying out of the edges of theband, which usually occurs where the band is rove through thehose-gripper. Wh'en in use, the hose-supporter is subjected toconsiderable flexure or movement at" the point. where the band isconnected to the hose-grip per, and owing to the continued rubbingtogether of the band upon these metal parts it is soon worn away anddestroyed. By my present invention this difficulty is overcome.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a viewshowing my im proved hose-supporter in use. Figs. 2 and 3, upon anenlarged scale, show elevation and section of pivoted sheet-metal partsemployed at the junction of the band with the hosegripper, and Fig. 4 isa separate view of one of the sheet-metal end pieces.

An elastic band 1 is sewed or otherwise se-' cured to a thin sheet-metalend piece 2, which is preferably provided with an eye 3 for re-' ceivingthe end of the band. The other end of the band is provided with an endpiece 4, which is preferably made in two sheet-metal parts, whereof onepart, 5, is in the form of a hook and the other part, 6, is in the formof an eyepiece engaged by said hook, said 'eyepiece and hook takentogether forming a castoff. The end piece 2 may be pivoted totheeyepiece 6 by means ofi'a tubular or other double-headed pivot 7, andconnected to said pieces 2 and 6 by the same pivot is a third end piece8, similar tothe end piece 2 and comprising part of a hose-gripper,which is designated in a general way as 9. In this instance the hosegripper comprises a short elastic strap 10, connected at its upper endto the end piece 8 and at its lower end to a seiz- SerialNo. 140,227.(No model.)

ing device 11, which may be of any desired type'and is illustrated inthis instance as consisting of a V-shaped seizer of a well-known type,which pinches the hose, as illustrated at .12. The end of the bandhaving the cast-0d may be provided with a take-up 13.

As will be seen at Figs. 2 and 3, the eyeand 6, so that it may liecontiguous to the limb, leaving the end pieces 2 and 6 slightlyseparated from the limb, thereby conducing to freedom of pivotal actionof these parts. By pivotally connecting the ends of the band andpivotally connecting the same to the hosegripper chafing of the bandedges upon the metal'parts is obviated, and thus by means of aninexpensive construction the ease of action and the life of thehose-supporter are greatly increased.

Variations may be resorted to within, the scope of my improvements.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1'. Ahosesupportercomprisingaband,end pieces attached to said band and pivoted together,one of said end pieces being formed in two parts one of which may becast off from the other, and a hose-gripper pivotally connected to saidend pieces.

' 2. 'Ahose-supportercomprisingaband, end pieces attached to said band,and a hose-grip per; said end pieces and hose-gripper being connected byasinglepivot, and including means for enabling one end of the band to becast off.

pieces attached to said band, and a hose-gripper; said end pieces and"hose-gripp'er'being connected by a single pivot.

4. A hose-supporter comprisingaband, end pieces attached to said bandand loosely connected, and a hose-gripper loosely connected to said endpieces; one of said end pieces 3. A hose-supporter comprisinga band, end

comprising a hook and an eye, and one of said hook-and-eye elementsbeing attached to the band.

5. Ahose-supporter comprisingaband, end pieces attached to said band andloosely connected, and a hose-gripper loosely connected to said endpieces; one of said end pieces comprising a hook and an eye, said hookbeing attached to the band, and said eye being pivoted to the other endpiece and also to said hose-gripper.

6. Ahosesupportercomprisingaband, end pieces therefor and ahose-gripper; said end pieces and gripper being connected by a singlepivot, and one of said end pieces consisting of a hook and eye whereofthe hook is attached to the band and the eye is inserted between theother end piece and the hosegripper.

7. In combination, a band having means for pivotally connecting its endsand a hosegripper having means for pivotal connection to said connectingmeans.

8. In combination, a band having means for pivotally connecting itsends, and provided with a cast-off, and a hose-gripper having means forpivotal connection to said ends.

9. A hose-supporter comprisingaband, end pieces therefor and ahose-gripper; the latter including a strap having at one end ahoseseizing device and at the other end an end piece; all of said endpieces being connected by a single pivot, and one of the end pieces forthe band consisting of a hook and eye, whereof the hook is attached atthe band and the eye is inserted between the other band end piece andthe end piece of the hose-gripper.

10. In combination, a band having means for pivotally connecting itsends, a hose-seizing device and means connected thereto for pivotalconnection to said ends.

ERNEST N. HUMPHREY.

Witnesses:

STANLEY PARKER, SADIE L. FINNIGAN.

